Prophecy Thread of Week 51

Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary Definition of Truth:Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be. The truth of history constitutes its whole value. We rely on the truth of the scriptural prophecies.

MESSIAH TO RIDE A DONKEY

This prophecy was fulfilled in detail that was seen over 1700 years prior when Jacob blessed his son Judah. Zechariah saw the same event as second witness. Jesus rode in from the east of the Mount of Olives. It is the same path from the east that He will return very soon.

PROMISED

JACOB BLESSES HIS SONS

1705 BC

Gen 49:11a He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch;

THE COMING OF ZION’S KING

495 BC (U)

Zec 9:9b …lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

FULFILLED

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM

Mat 21:5 “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”

Prophecies declared are in blue, prophecies fulfilled are in red, prophecies currently being fulfilled are in green, and prophecies to be fulfilled are in orange. Bold historical context dates are from Jeff Swanson's The Plan dating system, and dates marked (U) are Archbishop Ussher's 1658 dating system.** The date of this prophecy is in its referential context: the verse has been moved to the time frame of its contextual orientation.

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